#40BFB4#40BFB4

#40BFB4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.111 H 186.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40BFB4
RGB	rgb(64, 191, 180)
HSL	hsl(175, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(175, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 0%, 5.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.62, -36.85, -4.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.62, 37.14, 187.15°)
OKLab	oklab(73.32% -0.1098 -0.0131)
OKLCH	oklch(73.32% 0.111 186.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.9796, 41.6436, 49.6819)
Luminance	0.4165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40BFB4 #BF404B

analogous

#40BF74 #40BFB4 #408BBF

triadic

#40BFB4 #B440BF #BFB440

tetradic

#40BFB4 #7440BF #BF404B #8BBF40

square

#40BFB4 #7440BF #BF404B #8BBF40

split-complementary

#40BFB4 #BF408B #BF7440

monochromatic

#21635E #319189 #40BFB4 #6ECEC6 #9CDED8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#40BFB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#40BFB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40BFB4

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40BFB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40BFB4	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B5B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A7B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40bfb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 191, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.111 186.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d3ca',
    500: '#40bfb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40bfb4;
$custom-light: #85d3ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40bfb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.803,
    "s": 49.804,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73319,
    "c": 0.11056,
    "h": 186.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40BFB4

secondary

#CA9196

accent

#4E5BD9

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #40BFB4

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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